El Salvador

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The number of individual languages listed for El Salvador is 6. Of these, 5 are living and 1 is extinct. Of the living languages, 2 are indigenous and 3 are non-indigenous. Furthermore, 2 are institutional, 1 is developing, 1 is in trouble, and 1 is dying.

Population Full

6,385,000 (2017 World Bank)

Principal Languages

Spanish

Literacy Rate

87% (2017 World Factbook)

Immigrant Languages

Chinese (1,300)

General References

Campbell 1997

Deaf Population

15,000

Language Counts

The number of individual languages listed for El Salvador is 6. Of these, 5 are living and 1 is extinct. Of the living languages, 2 are indigenous and 3 are non-indigenous. Furthermore, 2 are institutional, 1 is developing, 1 is in trouble, and 1 is dying.

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